Black screen on iPad mini-will this work??

Like many posters, I have been trying to solve the inability of my iPad mini 32gb wifi to just start on command and stay working.  The screen goes black then the apple appears, pushing buttons has not helped; there is no pattern in the way it stops functioning.  I have done a compete recovery and restore to both iTunes and iCloud, removed some potential offending app's, still get the random blackout.  Has anyone tried doing just the "Erase all content and settings" without restoring all optional app's, then trying all functions?  If there are no optional app's on the iPad and it still does the random blackout, then it's the iPad or the iOS, or both.  Has anyone tried this??

Well, I pulled the pin on this grenade and it blew up, with a fizzle.  Wiped everything clean, went into recovery mode and restored nothing.  The iPad now has only the pre-packaged app's but still quits randomly, sometimes when entering the pass code or even when swiping the bar.  It stays on for a few minutes, a few seconds or over an hour; all the while plugged into the power source.  So I guess my next call is to the apple store.  I'll let y'all know what happens.      bob.c

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